City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 13, 2014 7:00 P.M. The Mayor called the meeting to order and stated a copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection located near the entrance door by the agendas. Roll call showed Council Members Eairleywine, Navarrette, Hoppe, Bixby, Anderson and Johnson present, Council Members Stange and Kuhns absent – 6 present, 2 absent. Moved by Council Member Hoppe, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. • Dispense with reading of and approve April 29, 2014 minutes • April 30 – May 13, 2014 claims • Resolution No. 2014-080 approving consumption of alcohol on city property for Emily Stober, Christensen Field, August 29, 2015, wedding reception; Nathan Newhouse, Christensen Field, June 24, 2014, business dinner; Floricel Garcia, City Auditorium, June 13, 2015, birthday party • Resolution No. 2014-081 approving Special Designated Permit application for Moonshine Hole, 325 North Main, July 11, 2014, beer garden; Moonshine Hole, 325 North Main, July 11 & 12, 2014, beer garden; Fergy’s Total Package, 541 North Broad, May 31, 2014, reception; Fergy’s Total Package, 541 North Broad, June 7, 2014, reception; St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 431 North Union, June 21, 2014, reception; Attitude on Food Inc., 1710 West 16th, June 24, 2014, reception; DeSauce Development, 1710 West 16th, June 7, 2014, reception; DeSauce Development, 925 North Broad, June 14, 2014, reception; DeSauce Development, 541 North Broad, July 13, 2014, reception • Resolution No. 2014-082 approving LA Fireproof Door request for storage container in Ilgenfritz parking lot through June 30, 2014 • Police Department Annual Report • Resolution No. 2014-083 approving Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging 2014-2015 contract for Fremont Friendship Center • Resolution No. 2014-084 approving agreement with Image Trend Inc. for EMS and Fire reporting software • Budget amendment for Community Development Block Grant project 13-CR-003  • Resolution No. 2014-085 approving Fremont Beef loan application and agreement for Economic Development Sales Tax Fund (LB840) funds of $300,000 and Economic Enhancement Funds of $300,000 for expansion project • Tort claim of Larry Heimann, 825 West 11th Street • Resolution No. 2014-086 approving Karen & Richard Reiger request to widen driveway at 963 East 18th • Resolution No. 2014-087 to award bid in the amount of $185,000 to SCG LLC for natural gas main lowering project • Report of the Treasury • Appoint John Hemschemeyer, Director of Human Resources, to the Fire and Police Pension Committee to fill an unexpired term ending March 2017 • Resolution 2014-088 approving Wells Fargo Firefighter Pension Fund agreement and related documents for regulatory requirements • Appoint Mark Coulter and Juan Garcia to the Building Code Advisory and Appeals Board for a three year term ending May 2017 Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve the withdrawal of the request of Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) for the consideration of agreement for site, design and construction of transmission line and substation facilities. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to reconsider Ordinance No. 5299 pertaining to the Building Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Anderson to amend Ordinance No. 5299 by adding the following language: R302.5.1 – Garage Opening Protection – Delete last paragraph, “Equipped with a self-closing device.”; SECTION R401.3 – Surface Drainage – Add to the end “All surface drainage will drain from property to a public storm sewer. Storm water from the property cannot be trapped at any point on the site from flowing to the storm sewers”; SECTION R501.3 – Fire Protection of Floors – Delete entirely. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to suspend the rules and place reconsidered and amended Ordinance 5299 on final reading. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, as reconsidered and amended, of Ordinance No. 5299 pertaining to Building Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Ordinance No. 5299, as reconsidered and amended, passed. Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Johnson to reconsider Ordinance No. 5301 pertaining to the Plumbing Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Anderson to amend Ordinance No. 5301 by adding the following language: ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT CONTRACTOR/INSTALLER shall mean a person engaged in the installing, repairing, replacing of any onsite wastewater treatment system. The licensing renewal period was also changed from fifteen months to six months. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Anderson to suspend the rules and place reconsidered and amended Ordinance 5301 on final reading. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, as reconsidered and amended, of Ordinance No. 5301 pertaining to Plumbing Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Ordinance No. 5301, as reconsidered and amended, passed. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to reconsider Ordinance No. 5303 pertaining to the Mechanical Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Bixby to amend Ordinance No. 5303 by adding the following language: f) JOURNEYMAN STEAMFITTER/PIPEFITTER shall mean a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to install, manufacture, replace, repair or fit any high pressure or boiler piping equipment and is licensed as such by the City of Fremont, through acceptance of Omaha, Nebraska’s license for a Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter. g) LICENSE FEES - License and Examination Fees: Mechanical Master’s or Master Steamfitter License Fee $75.00 Mechanical Master’s Examination Fee $50.00 Mechanical Tradesman License Fee $15.00 Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter $15.00 Mechanical Tradesman Examination Fee $30.00 Apprentice License Fee $ 5.00 JOURNEYMAN STEAMFITTER/PIPEFITTER LICENSE Any person engaging in the business of installing, repairing, replacing or fitting of any hot water and steam boiler shall have a Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter license or a Mechanical Tradesman. The City of Fremont reciprocates with the City of Omaha, Nebraska. Said license shall become null and void if the licensee loses his Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter's license from Omaha. All Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter shall pay to the City a license fee of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00). The licensing period for Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter is April 1st to March 31st. The license fee shall not be prorated. The full license fee for any license issued pursuant to the code, no matter when the license was issued, is not refundable. The licensing renewal period was also changed from fifteen months to six months. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Anderson, seconded by Council Member Bixby to suspend the rules and place reconsidered and amended Ordinance 5303 on final reading. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the final reading, by title only, as reconsidered and amended, of Ordinance No. 5303 pertaining to Mechanical Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Ordinance No. 5303, as reconsidered and amended, passed. The Mayor announced the next meeting would be May 27, 2014. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:12 p.m. I, Kimberly Volk, the undersigned City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings had and done by the Mayor and Council; that all of the subjects included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk; that such agenda items were sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting; that such subjects were contained in said agenda at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting for examination and copying by the members of the public; that the said minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meeting and the subjects to be discussed at said meeting and that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available and accessible to members of the public, posted during such meeting in the room in which such meeting was held. Kimberly Volk, MMC, City Clerk